The Reylo Saga Chapter III: The Tenderness of Love
Warning: This will contain spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This is a realistic FanFic, not erotic or ludicrous / silly, it builds upon what happened and what could've been in The Last Jedi. After battling for what seems like ages, Rey and Kylo Ren try to resolve.
The sparks flicker and flare around them as the lightsabers clash together, again and again. Rey and Ben both try not to kill each other, they don't want to fight, but they both feel they must. Old computers and defensive system controls are smashed and wrecked, obliterated by their blades. As the battle goes on, Kylo Ren becomes more angered at Rey. He goes on the offensive, slashing and stabbing at her. Enraged, his lightsaber swings across the room, barely but definitely, slashing a scar going horizontally across her cheek. Going blind with fury, she rushes towards Ben. She swings her lightsaber, skinning him across the shoulder. Striking again, the saber grazes his entire chest, cutting through his robes, but not harming him. Kylo falls to the ground. Rey lifts her arms, weapon in hand, ready to end Ben Solo. "No!"
As the resistance is boarded onto the Millenium Falcon, Chewbacca prepares it for lightspeed. "We need to get out of orbit as soon as possible, come on!" Poe urges Chewie to go as fast as he can. As soon as the door to the outside is shut, the Falcon flies into space, entering lightspeed immediately. Since the change of speed was so abrupt, the entire crew flew and crashed into the ships walls. As everybody gets up and gets situated, the last of the resistance cheers in joy. They have escaped the first order, and are heading to the outer rim to lay low for a while. "Ah… wait. Rose!" Poe came to a sudden realization."What?" Rose responded. "Where's Finn?"
As Finn rushed and ran throughout the underground trenches and tunnels, he heard something. Yelling and screaming, crashing and swinging, the voices of a man and a woman struggling to survive. He heard crackling, and a sudden outburst of sounds coming from the woman, the woman he realized must've been Rey. She screamed at the top of her lungs. Then, he heard a large crash to the floor, "No!" The voice was muffled, but understandable. Kylo Ren was about to be, if he had not already been, killed by Rey. But, he suddenly heard something else, something heartbreaking. He heard a blaster bolt fire, and another crash to the ground.
"No no no no no no… NO!" Ben was on the ground with Rey in his arms. He was lost for words. Terrified. "Rey…. please don't leave me…" Ben always wanted to be like Darth Vader, but never knew what that really meant. Now he is finally just like his grandfather, a broken man. "Ahm… s-s-s-sir?" The soldier said. He looked up and saw a stormtrooper. "FN-8621." A man with fearsome armor. But under that fearsome armor, was a boy, a boy who didn't know right from wrong, and just wanted to follow orders and kill the last of the resistance. That boy knew by the look on Kylo Ren's face, he had killed himself, and any possible future he could be a part of. Kylo Ren stood up, looking at him. "I…" There was nothing FN-8621 could do. Kylo raised his arm, and the trooper flew towards him. The boy in the armor felt great amounts of pain as his neck was crushed, being torn apart from the inside out by the mighty Kylo Ren's hands.
Gasping for air, FN-8621 knew he was slowly dying and let it happen. Ben unsheathed his lightsaber, and with one swift motion, killed the stormtrooper. He tossed the bulky body aside as if it were nothing, another piece of collateral damage. He once again bent down to his knees, holding Rey in his arms. He thought of all of the things that happened in those past few hours. His betrayal of Snoke, the duel against the mighty praetorian guards, him asking Rey to join him. He was now a supreme leader. "Rey.. I thought I wanted this. I was wrong. I never wanted this. Just you…"
The crying screech of a blaster bolt flew across the room and struck Kylo across the chest. "NO! Rey!" Finn appeared, and knelt down beside Rey. He looked up at Kylo Ren and realized he would have to fight him once again just as he did in the snowy forest of Starkiller Base. The ear-splitting crack of Ben's lightsaber igniting frightened Finn. He grasped Rey's hands in his own, then took the Skywalker lightsaber from her body. He turned it on. He saw the tears of sadness and anger streaming down Ben's face. "YOU. You.. you…" Finn stood up, and began to march toward Kylo, ready to avenge Rey by killing the man of whom he wrongly thought killed her. "TRAITOR!" Kylo sprinted towards Finn, and very quickly subdued him. Hitting Rey's lightsaber so hard it flew out of Finn's hand and straight into the wall. He kicked his kneecap, nearly breaking it, smacked him across the face with the metal hilt of his saber, and headbutted him with such force, Finn sprung down towards the floor, landing on Rey's body. Kylo Ren wanted to show he was the alpha male, to prove his dominance over Finn. He picked up Finn by the shirt, and threw him into the crystalized wall. Their lightsabers clashed. Ben wanted to end this now. Just as on the forest, he pushes the crossguard up against Finn, this time cutting deeply into his neck. Finn screamed terrifyingly loud, and raised his foot, kicking Kylo back. This does not matter. Kylo raises his lightsaber, striking at Finn, who is only being protected by his weak arm and his own lightsaber. Kylo strikes again and again and again and again and again! Getting tired of fighting, he strikes at a different angle, knocking Finn's hand off balance. He raises his arms and swings with all his force. He severes Finn's arm, slicing it off with ease! Finn screams at the immense pain! Kylo swings the metal hilt of his lightsaber at Finn's temple, knocking him out.
Kylo Ren emerges from the underground portion of the rebel base, Rey in his arms. "Escort me to my ship, keep a small dispatch of troops here though to scavenge and take any resources that could help the First Order." commands Ben. "Yes Sir."
The next day / inside the medical bay of the new capital first order ship
"She seems to be stable sir, would you like me to wake her up?" says a medical droid to Supreme Leader Kylo Ren. "No. Leave this room at once." "As you command." the droid exits the medical bay. Ben watches her in complete silence. He sits down on the medical surgery table, and cups her face in his hands. He leans towards her, giving her a solem hug. He looks down at her eyes. He is startled by two hands reaching and grabbing his back. Rey leans forward and kisses Ben on the lips. Their lips are locked together, and so are their hearts. Ben pushes her off of him. They look deeply into each other's eyes and they feel each other's compassion. Ben smiles, and finally realizes the true tenderness of love.
To be continued… maybe...
The story is not over yet. The Reylo Saga continues in Chapter IV: A Split Decision… Maybe